Cork-extractor.



UNITED STATES WILIAM A. VVALSH, OF FREDERICTON, CANADA, ASSIGNOR TO FRED. F. DOW, J OI'IN KILBURN, JOHN MCCONNELL, JOHN PALMER, AND ALBERT J. GREGORY, OF SAME PLACE.

CORK-EXTRACTO R.

SPECIFIGATION forming' part of Letters Patent No. 682,129, dated September 3, 1901.

Application file February 14, 1901. Serial No. l'7,273. (No model.)

To a/ZZ whom it may concern: v side edges 11 and 12 being double, while the Be it known that I, WILLIAM A. VALSH, a bevels of the inner edges are single, as shown subject of the Queen of England, residing at. in Fig. of the drawings. In the use of this Fredericton, in the county of York, Province invention if the cork be fastened with wires 5 of New Brunswick, Canada, have invented a barb of the head is engaged under a Wire certain newandusefullmprovementsin Corkand the implement is then manipulated to Extractors; and I do hereby declare the folcut the Wire on the beveled inner edge of the lowing to be afull,clear, and exact description barb. After the Wire has been cut and reof the invention, such as will enable others moved the point of the head is placed cen- Io skilled in the art to which it appertains to trally of the outer end of the cork and the make and use the same. tool is pressed downwardly to force the head This invention relates to cork-extractors; entirely through the cork, the beveled cutand it has for its object to provide a device ting edges of the head permitting of this acof this nature which may be used for removtion, after which the implement is rotated to 15 ing the wires which sometimes hold the corks move the head from alinement with the inciin place, and which, furthermore, may be sion through the cork and the implement is passed through a cork and then turned and raised to engage the upper flattened ends of engaged therewith in such manner before the barbs against the lower end of the cork. drawing as will insure the entire cork being Further upward movement of the implement zo i'emoved without any portion thereof falling effects a Withdrawal of the cork, the fiattened into the body of the bottle. ends of the barbs preventing the barbs from Further objects and advantages of .the incutting into the cork. Projecting laterally vention will be evident from the following from the stem 5 of the implement and spaced description. downwardly from the handle thereof is a lug 25 In the drawings forming a portion of this 15, which lug is adapted for engagement with specification, and in which like nu merals of the cork to prevent the irnplement from passreference indicate similar parts in the several ing downwardly to such an extent as to perviews, Figure 1 is a perspective View showing mit of pinching the fingers of the operator the application of the extractor ready for between the handle and the upper end of the 30 drawing a cork, a portion of the extractor beneck of the bottle. ing indicated in dotted lines. Fig. 2 is a side In Fig. 4 of the drawings there is shown a elevation of the extractor removed from the modification of the invention wherein wings bottle. Fig. 3 is an edge view of the blade 16 and 17 are provided and are hinged to the of the extractor with an adjacent portion of upper ends of the barbs of the head, these 35 the stem. Fig. 4 is a perspective View show- Wings being adapted to liein the plane of the ing a modifioation. Fig. 5 is a section on line head during the passage of the head through :12 x of Fig. 2. the cork and to drop over to lie against the Referring now to the drawings, the eXtracunder side of the cork and at right angles to tor consists of a stem portion 5, having a the head after the head has passed through 40 handle 6 at one end, said handle lying at right the cork to insure against the head cutting angles to the stem and proj ectin g at both sides through the cork when the head is drawn upthereof. At the opposite end ofv the stem wardly. from the handle 6 is abarbed triangular head In practice other modifications of the in- 7, the ends of the barbs 8 and 9 being flat vention may be made and any suitable ma- 45 and lying in a common plane at right angles terials and proportions may be used without to the stem for a purpose to be presently exdeparting from the spirit of the invention. plained and the inner edges of the barbs be- What is claimed ising beveled to form Cutting edges 10. The 1. A cork-extractor comprising a stem havside edges 11 and 12 of the head are also beving a handle, and a tapered head having side 50 eled to form cutting edges, the bevels of the cutting edges and provided with upwardlyextending barbs, the inner edges of the barbs forming Cutting edges and the upper ends of the barbs being flat and lying in a Com mon plane at right angles to the stem.

2. A Cork-extractor Comprising a stem havng a handle at one end, a 111g spaoed down- Wardiy from the handle and extending at right angles from the stem, and a head at the opposite end of the stem, said head being triangular and having its downwardIy-Converbing side edges sharpened to form Cutting edges, said head having upwardly-extending barbs the inner edges of which are beveled to form Cutting edges and the upper ends of which are flattened and lie at right angles to the stem.

WILLIAM A. WALSH.

VVitnesses:

N. DOUGHERTY, W. FARRELL. 

